Luke 1:38

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.

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  • Ps 116:16 : 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.
  • Rom 4:20-21 : 20 Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God, 21 And being certain that God was able to keep his word.
  • 2 Sam 7:25-29 : 25 And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said! 26 And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you! 27 For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you. 28 And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing; 29 So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!
  • Ps 119:38 : 38 Give effect to your word to your servant, in whose heart is the fear of you.

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    23 And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

    24 After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

    25 The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.

    26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth,

    27 To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

    28 And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

    29 But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?

    30 And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.

    31 And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.

    32 He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

    33 He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

    34 And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

    35 And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

    36 Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

    37 For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

  • Luke 1:39-49
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    39 Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

    40 And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.

    41 And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit,

    42 And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.

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    44 For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

    45 Happy will she be who had faith that the things which the Lord has said to her will be done.

    46 And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;

    47 My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.

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    49 For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name.

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    22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

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    20 But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

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